All [[dragon]]s hatch from a '''dragon egg'''. Dragon's eggs tend to be very large (around 12x18 inches<ref>[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/harrypotter/images/a/a7/Dragon_Breeding_for_Pleasure_and_Profit.jpg Page of notes concerning the book ''Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit''] that is available on ''[[J.K.Rowling Official Site|J.K. Rowling's Official Site]]''.</ref>) and need a lot of heat from their mothers to hatch. Dragon mothers are very protective of their eggs, as is found out in the [[Triwizard Tournament]] when Harry's [[Hungarian Horntail]] tries to stop Harry from capturing the [[Golden egg]]. Dragon eggs are considered a Class A [[Non-Tradeable Material]].

All [[dragon]]s hatch from a '''dragon egg'''. Dragon's eggs tend to be very large (around 12x18 inches<ref>[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/harrypotter/images/a/a7/Dragon_Breeding_for_Pleasure_and_Profit.jpg Page of notes concerning the book ''Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit''] that is available on ''[[J.K.Rowling Official Site|J.K. Rowling's Official Site]]''.</ref>) and need a lot of heat from their mothers to hatch. Dragon mothers are very protective of their eggs, as is found out in the [[Triwizard Tournament]] when Harry's [[Hungarian Horntail]] tries to stop Harry from capturing the [[Golden egg]]. Dragon eggs are considered a Class A [[Non-Tradeable Material]].

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==History==

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The uses of powdered [[Chinese Fireball]] eggs were discovered by [[Quong Po]] in the [[15th century|15th]] or [[16th century]].

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In Harry's [[First year]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]] won a dragon's egg off a stranger he met down at the [[Hog's Head|Hog's Head pub]] in [[Hogsmeade]]. The stranger was wearing a cloak so that no one could see his identity, but it is later learned it was [[Quirinus Quirrell|Professor Quirrell]]. Hagrid kept the egg in order to try to hatch it by keeping it in the fire place. Eventually it did hatch, but in the end [[Norberta|Norbert]] was sent to [[Romania]] with a bunch of [[Charles Weasley|Charlie Weasley's]] friends.

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In Harry's [[First year]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]] won a dragon's egg off a stranger he met down at the [[Hog's Head|Hog's Head pub]] in [[Hogsmeade]]. The stranger was wearing a cloak so that no one could see his identity, but it is later learned it was [[Quirinus Quirrell|Professor Quirrell]]. Hagrid kept the egg in order to try to hatch it by keeping it in the fireplace. Eventually it did hatch, but in the end [[Norberta|Norbert]] was sent to [[Romania]] with a bunch of [[Charles Weasley|Charlie Weasley's]] friends.

Following the [[Aragog#Death|burial of Aragog]], Hagrid and [[Horace Slughorn]] sat together in [[Rubeus Hagrid's cabin|Hagrid's cabin]] and got drunk on [[Berry Ocky Rot]]. While drunk, they began swapping tales of the illegal trade in dragon eggs and [[Harry Potter]] used the conversation as cover to refill the wine using the [[Refilling Charm]] without being noticed.

Following the [[Aragog#Death|burial of Aragog]], Hagrid and [[Horace Slughorn]] sat together in [[Rubeus Hagrid's cabin|Hagrid's cabin]] and got drunk on [[Berry Ocky Rot]]. While drunk, they began swapping tales of the illegal trade in dragon eggs and [[Harry Potter]] used the conversation as cover to refill the wine using the [[Refilling Charm]] without being noticed.